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Joy for owner as cat pulled from rubble days after quake

Posted: Aug 30 2016 07:51PM EDT

Updated: Aug 31 2016 10:47AM EDT

(STORYFUL) A cat was pulled from debris alive, five days after a devastating earthquake rocked central Italy, killing nearly 300 people.

Italy’s National Animal Protection Agency, or Ente Nazionale Protezione Animali, has been working to rescue animals in several towns devastated by last week’s earthquakes. On August 29, the ENPA posted to Facebook about a cat, Gigia, who had been pulled alive from rubble in the worst-hit part of Amatrice, where 231 people died.

The agency said the cat, though dehydrated, would make a recovery after being rescued by firefighters.